Press Releases

MontaVista®  Software LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, and Rightware Oy, the leader in embedded 3D user  interface (UI) technologies announced today a strategic partnership and enablement  of Rightware’s flagship 3D user interface product - Kanzi® UI Solution running on  top of a GENIVI compliant MontaVista Linux platform. This global partnership will provide compelling solution for automotive industry customers.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization announced it will be showcasing its commercial Linux products and services at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. MontaVista will also be demonstrating its revolutionary Bare Metal Engine™.

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 6.0 is compliant to the recently released Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 5.0 specification.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that the MontaVista Bare Metal Engine™ pushes their Carrier Grade Edition 6.0 Linux performance to new frontiers.  MontaVista Bare Metal Engine delivers the technologies required for next generation multi-core SoC's to achieve extremely high performance, leverage new multi-core resource management capabilities to fully maximize multi-core designs, and delivers new high availability features incorporating the latest open source technologies.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, again ranks in the top 15 corporate contributors to the Linux kernel, alongside more than 6100 other community supporters as reported by the Linux Foundation in its recent report, Linux Kernel Development. The report indicates that MontaVista, the first company to deliver a commercial quality embedded Linux, has contributed more than 1,800 changes to the kernel. MontaVista is the only commercial embedded Linux vendor to rank this high in the report. Other top contributors mentioned in the report include Red Hat, IBM, HP, Google, and Oracle.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today it has become a member of the OpenSAF™ Foundation to help drive the development of OpenSAF, the leading, next generation, high availability middleware. Consistent with SA Forum™ specifications, OpenSAF is rapidly being adopted by major vendors in the network infrastructure market, as well as other vertical markets.

MontaVista Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced it will be showcasing energy efficient, ARM-based Android solutions at the ARM Technical Conference in Santa Clara, and the RTECC events in San Diego and Los Angeles during November. As part of its new Rapid Deployment Program for Android, MontaVista developed a customized Android software platform for each device, porting Android to the processor platform, integrating the required hardware drivers and components, and performing extensive testing and quality assurance.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the release of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 6.0, the next generation of it's leading carrier grade quality Linux development platform. CGE 6.0 delivers the technologies required for next generation multi-core architectures with the new MontaVista Bare Metal Engine™ for extremely high performance, new multi-core resource management capabilities to fully maximize multi-core designs, and new high availability features incorporating the latest open source technologies. At the same time, CGE helps Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Telecom companies lower their total cost of ownership with extended power management capabilities and support for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced the launch of Meld 2.0, the next generation of the embedded Linux community sponsored by MontaVista. Meld is an active community for all developers of embedded Linux devices. The next-generation Meld introduces a new look and feel to the community along with a new URL, meld.org, making it easier for users to connect and share information on embedded Linux design challenges

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced DevRocket 6.1, the newest release of the Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded Linux platform and application development. DevRocket 6.1 continues the move to source based development model introduced in MontaVista Linux 6 by adding tight integration and a graphical interface to the MontaVista Integration Platform along with enhanced analysis and debugging tools to speed development time.

MontaVista® Software, LLC (NASDAQ: CAVM), the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, and Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH(BOSCH), one of the leading suppliers of automotive infotainment systems, announced they have entered into a multi-year, significant agreement for MontaVista to develop and deliver Linux-based software solutions for BOSCH. The first project will be for a cross carline, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution and is the first of multiple Linux-based software solutions for BOSCH.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced the availability of the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain optimized for the ARM Cortex™-A9 processor. Based on the revolutionary MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6) approach, it provides a market specific distribution (MSD) and toolchain designed specifically for the Cortex-A9 architecture and provides the perfect starting point for new product designs using the low power, high performance characteristics of the ARM Cortex-A9 processor.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today they will be supporting the recently announced Cavium Networks OCTEON® II CN68XX, CN67XX, and CN63XX multi-core MIPS64® processors. The latest version of MontaVista Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) Linux will support these processors.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization today announced a new rapid deployment program for Android™ that delivers commercial quality Android reference platforms for Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and MIPS processors, an Automated Test and Validation Suite (ATVS), and expands their existing commercialization services for Android. This new program is targeted at customers designing consumer devices ranging from Smartphones, set-top boxes, Digital TVs (DTV), IPTVs, Internet connected TVs, eReaders and eBooks, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, and other connected devices.

MontaVista® Software, LLC, a leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced MontaVista Linux and developer tools will be showcased in demonstrations of multi-core, industrial automation, and mobile technology at the upcoming ESC Silicon Valley event (booth #2222) April 27th to 29th in San Jose, CA. MontaVista Linux and developer tools are used by telecom, networking, consumer electronics, medical device, automotive, mobile, industrial and office automation manufacturers.

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced it has been elected to the Board of Directors of the GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association driving the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. MontaVista was a Core member of GENIVI in it's inaugural year, and now assumes a seat on the board as GENIVI enters it's second year. Dan Cauchy, vice president of Marketing at MontaVista will sit on the GENIVI board.

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today they have been selected from hundreds of nominations as a finalist in two categories for this year's EDN Innovation Awards.

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced today its Montabello™ MID platform won an Editor's Choice Award from VME and Critical Systems magazine, a leading industry publication, in their December 2009 issue for its use in the Dell LatitudeON. Montabello is a fully customizable mobile internet device (MID) software platform that provides an integrated set of applications. The platform is designed to give users of mobile internet devices an Instant ON, Always ON, Always CONNECTED™ user experience.

MontaVista® Software LLC, the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced BAE Systems Bofors in Sweden has selected MontaVista Linux to power their new naval and artillery gun systems. The use of a commercial quality embedded Linux provides for rapid development, combined with the long-term support required for military applications.

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that the company worked with Dell to develop the software stack for Latitude ON – Dell's instant, always on connection to email, Web, contacts and calendar. Built on the MontaVista Montabello™ MID platform, the software stack provides the advanced power management, fast startup, and connectivity management required by Latitude ON users.